Indonesian and Malagasy Speaking countries

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Indonesia

East Timor, Indonesia

Asia

Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Malay language

Malay and Dutch Languages

Madagascar

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Not spoken in any of the countries

Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Swahili and Comorian Languages

Indonesian vs Malagasy Countries

Comparing Indonesian vs Malagasy countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Indonesian and Malagasy languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is whereas total number of countries where Malagasy is official language is

Find if Indonesian and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Indonesian and Malagasy speaking countries will give you the presence of Indonesian and Malagasy languages in different countries. Along with Indonesian vs Malagasy countries, you can also compare Indonesian vs Malagasy.

Indonesian and Malagasy as Minority Language

In Indonesian and Malagasy speaking countries you will get the countries which have Indonesian and Malagasy as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Indonesian as minority language: .
Malagasy as minority language: .

If you want to compare Indonesian and Malagasy dialects, then you can go to Indonesian vs Malagasy. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Indonesian and Malagasy Regulators

Indonesian and Malagasy speaking countries provide you Indonesian and Malagasy regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Indonesian language.Malagasy is regulated by . Also get to learn, Indonesian vs Malagasy.

Indonesian and Malagasy Continents

Thinking about Indonesian and Malagasy continents in which Indonesian and Malagasy speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Indonesian and Malagasy. Most of the Indonesian speaking countries lie in . While Malagasy speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Indonesian and Malagasy languages:

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Malagasy Interesting Facts:

The Indonesian language was derived from and is similar to whereas Indonesian language is similar to and derived from .